Category: 9-to-5

Recruiters can often take a beating, and as one, I’ve seen the good, the bad and the ugly on both sides of the table. I’ve seen recruiters who are the dream collaborator with applicants and job seekers, I’ve seen the sleazy car salesman types at staffing agencies that make you want to take a shower after talking to them, and…

Encore Encore!!! As I recently learned the majority of my Top 10 Tips for Jobseekers series articles were suddenly removed from the original careers website they were on, I’m re-publishing them on my own blog so that jobseekers can continue to benefit. (Big thank you to those who made me aware of this!). Thanks for reading! After building several internship…

Encore Encore!!! As I recently learned the majority of my Top 10 Tips for Jobseekers series articles were suddenly removed from the original careers website they were on, I’m re-publishing them on my own blog so that jobseekers can continue to benefit. (Big thank you to those who made me aware of this!) Check back next Wednesday for my final…

Encore Encore!!! As I recently learned the majority of my Top 10 Tips for Jobseekers series articles were suddenly removed from the original careers website they were on, I’m re-publishing them on my own blog so that jobseekers can continue to benefit. (Big thank you to those who made me aware of this!) Check back next Wednesday for Part Five…

Encore Encore!!! As I recently learned the majority of my Top 10 Tips for Jobseekers series articles were suddenly removed from the original careers website they were on, I’m re-publishing them on my own blog so that jobseekers can continue to benefit. (Big thank you to those who made me aware of this!) Check back next Wednesday for Part Four…

Encore Encore!!! As I recently learned the majority of my Top 10 Tips for Jobseekers series articles were suddenly removed from the original careers website they were on, I’m re-publishing them on my own blog so that jobseekers can continue to benefit. (Big thank you to those who made me aware of this!) Check back next Wednesday for Part Three…

Encore Encore!!! As I just learned that the majority of my Top 10 Tips for Jobseekers series articles were suddenly removed from the original careers website they were on, I’m re-publishing them on my own blog so that jobseekers can continue to benefit. (Big thank you to those who made me aware of this!) Check back next Wednesday for Part…

While I’ve spoken about my 5 years in business to clients, I actually forgot to write my annual blog post celebrating my anniversary this year! So, belated happy birthday to me running Imprint PDX! It’s amazing to think that I have not worked in a regular office environment for FIVE years now, and equally amazing to be at a point…

One thing people ask me a lot is about the way to properly follow up after an interview, particularly the question “do people still send thank you notes?”. Sadly, the thank you note has become a thing of the past for too many people out there, and along with that, many of the emails from those we do get them…

We’ve all had this happen to us when calling customer service (my favorite one being Bank of America who seems to transfer you to six different people to answer a question, with every time “for my security” asking me to repeat the same information I gave the person who originally picked up the call – not to mention the fact…